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John Austin

1790 - 1859

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John Austin (3 March 1790 – 1 December 1859) was an English legal theorist who posthumously influenced British and American law with an analytical approach to jurisprudence and a theory of legal positivism. Austin opposed traditional approaches of "natural law", arguing against any need for connections between law and morality. Human legal systems, he claimed, can and should be studied in an empirical, value-free way. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Austin is the 587th most popular philosopher (down from 560th in 2019), the 1,442nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,144th in 2019) and the 37th most popular British Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, John Austin ranks 587 out of 1,267. Before him are Shneur Zalman of Liadi, Usman dan Fodio, Georges Canguilhem, Al-Baydawi, Gaetano Mosca, and Chaïm Perelman. After him are Yang Zhu, Zaleucus, G. A. Cohen, Tom Regan, Jean Hyppolite, and Werner Jaeger.

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Among people born in 1790, John Austin ranks 15. Before him are John Frederic Daniell, William Parry, Nicolas Chauvin, Gideon Mantell, Leopold, Grand Duke of Baden, and Robert Stirling. After him are Marquis de Custine, José Antonio Páez, Markos Botsaris, Adolph Diesterweg, Jean René Constant Quoy, and Karol Lipiński. Among people deceased in 1859, John Austin ranks 26. Before him are Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia, Walter Hunt, Nana Sahib, Stephanie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, Louis Poinsot, and Carl Adolph Agardh. After him are Tatya Tope, Robert Stephenson, Abd al-Rahman of Morocco, Joseph Diez Gergonne, Yoshida Shōin, and Alfred Vail.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Austin ranks 1,442 out of 8,785. Before him are Joseph Wright of Derby (1734), Neil Gaiman (1960), Robert Stirling (1790), Thomas Cavalier-Smith (1942), Duncan Haldane (1951), and Thomas Chatterton (1752). After him are Dusty Springfield (1939), Joseph Needham (1900), John Hope, 7th Earl of Hopetoun (1860), Caroline Graham (1931), Mary Berry (1935), and Albert Pierrepoint (1905).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In United Kingdom

Among philosophers born in United Kingdom, John Austin ranks 37. Before him are Adam Ferguson (1723), A. J. Ayer (1910), Gilbert Ryle (1900), Paul Grice (1913), Harriet Taylor Mill (1807), and Alan Watts (1915). After him are David Hartley (1705), R. G. Collingwood (1889), Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne (1623), Alexander of Hales (1175), Antony Flew (1923), and Olaf Stapledon (1886).

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